ADLENE Michael Zaharevich (Adlen Michel)

15 мая 1898 (Saka village, Grodno province) — 21 января 1980 (Paris)

painter, graphic

About the early years practically no information. From a Jewish family; in his youth he left Russia. He studied at the Vienna Academy of fine arts (1915-1922), where he made his debut at the exhibitions. In 1923 he moved to Berlin, then — in Paris; in 1929 he received French citizenship. Was friends with С. Грановским, М. Стерлингом, Л. М. Козинцевой.

Drew for the newspaper "Le Petit Parisien", "L Intransigeant", "France Soir". Worked as an artist book. He was engaged in lithography, woodcut, monotype. Performed prints for bibliophile editions: albums "Great musicians", "the Suburbs of Paris", "Paris clown". In 1963 he executed lithographs to the book "Île de France".

was Engaged in easel painting and graphics. In early works (mid 1920-х) passed through passion cubism; later painted landscapes, portraits, still lifes, Nudes, circus scenes in postimpressionisticheskie the key.

a member of the Union of Russian artists in France, was part of the group of painters "L Araignée", "Les imagiers", "Satire".

he Exhibited his works in the salons of Independent (since 1926), Autumn (1927), the Tuileries, Verhnesvirsky (1948). Participant of exhibitions of Russian artists in the café "La Rotonde" (1925) and the gallery "Chez Fast" (1927/1928); group exhibitions at the salon "L Araignée" (1930), "Beggars and vagabonds" (1935), artists, newspaper graphics "Satria-36" (1936), "Les imagiers" (1938, 1939), "Modern Russian painters and sculptors" (1945), "Russian artists of Paris school" (1961) in Paris. The Exhibitor of the exhibition "Revolutionary art of the West" in Moscow (1926), International exhibition of woodcuts in Warsaw (1936).

In 1935 he held his first solo exhibition "Circus and the music hall-холл" in the lobby of the music hall-холла brothers Amar. After the Second world war was organized more than 20 solo exhibitions Antena: in Paris galleries "de Seine" (1950, 1952), "de l'institut" (1953), "Zack" (1956, 1960), "Bénézit" (1964, 1967, 1970, 1972, 1974), "Charpentier" (1974) and other; in the cities of Sant-Ирьекс (1961, 1966, 1973), La Napoule (1964) and Eaubonne, Switzerland (1974).

From 1945 — Vice-президент annual salon of Paris X. In 1955 he published a monograph А. Лану dedicated to the artist's work. In 1962 he visited Moscow.

he Died in Paris apartment-мастерской on the Rue Chabrol, 24. He was buried in Montparnasse cemetery, Paris.

In 1981 in the gallery "Shamir" in tel Aviv-Авиве held a memorial exhibition of the artist.

Work is represented in several Museum collections, including the National Museum of modern art in Paris.